Obit of R.L. "Dick" Morton (m635) - Murray County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Dennis Muncrief 17 Sep 2003 Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Morton White Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/871 R.L. "Dick" Morton Services for R.L. "Dick" Morton, 75, Hennepin, were held Tuesday, Sept.16, 2003 at 10:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of Hennepin with Rev. Eddie Malphrus and Rev. Dave English officiating. Interment was held at Green Hill Cemetery under the direction of Fox Funeral Home. Mr. Morton was born to Richard Lee and Prue White Morton on July 29, 1928 in Hennepin. He died September 13, 2003 at his residence. "Dick" lived in this area all his life. He attended Hennepin School before transferring to Davis, where he played football and graduated in 1946. He served as a board member of Duroc Association and Garvin County Swine Breeder's Association. He was also a University of Oklahoma Athletic Donor. He enjoyed farming and ranching as well as teaching an adult Sunday school class at First Baptist Church of Hennepin. He married Donna L. Randall on June 22, 1947 in Gainesville, Texas. She preceded him in death on June 25, 1995. He and Maxine Moore Lannom married May 31, 1997 in Sulphur. He is survived by his wife, Maxine Morton, Sulphur; one son, Ron Morton and wife, Jan, Hennepin; two daughters, Vicki Morton, Pauls Valley and Lu Ann Milligan and husband, Jody, Purcell; three step-daughters, Tresa Snow and husband, Lloyd, Sand Springs, Jolene Cole and husband, Rendell and Janelle Gilbert and husband, Lawayne, all of Sulphur; four grandchildren, Richard Morton and wife, Laura, Kenna Morton, Zac and Ty Milligan; six step-grandchildren, Heath Gilbert and wife, Jamea, Cory Cole, and Clete Cole and his wife, Kerri, Bradley Gilbert and wife, Lezlie, Curt Cole and wife, Shawna and Brooke Gilbert. Pallbearers were Ron Tillery, Larry Lee, Randy Tigert, Charlie Roady, John Sparks, Jim and Bob Wingo. Honorary pallbearers were Terry Richardson, Mickey and Larry Bellamy, Jerry McLemore, Calvin Agee, De Lannom, John Pierce, Butch Young and Preston Cave. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm